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EAST MIDLANDS

August 2008 Issue No 107

Wet and frequently overcast with temperatures above average because of warm nights

AUGUST

Total   Max     Total number of days of: Total    Extremes in degrees C: Grass Month's Diff Total

2008

Rain % of 24hr  Snow: Thu- Sun % of Day Maximum Night Minimum Min Mean Mean Mean from Frosts:
  (mm) avg (mm) Rain Fllg Lyg nder Fog Hail (hrs) avg Highest Lowest Highest Lowest Lowest Max Min Temp avg Air Grd
STATION  
DERBYS:  
Derby 72.2 128 12.6 19 0 0 0 1 0 * * 23.9 18.0 18.5 9.0 * 20.9 13.6 17.2 0.6 0 *
Mickleover 75.8 140 11.3 19 0 0 1 1 0 109.2 65 24.1 17.2 17.9 8.1 6.5 20.8 13.2 17.0 0.4 0 0
Middleton 129.8 181 26.4 21 0 0 3 10 1 81.6 47 21.3 15.0 16.2 8.7 5.0 18.1 11.9 15.0 0.4 0 0
Wirksworth 103.2 162 21.3 18 0 0 3 0 1 * * 23.0 17.0 17.5 5.9 1.5 19.9 12.5 16.2 0.5 0 0
Rosliston 69.6 139 12.4 19 0 0 1 1 0 116.5 65 23.7 17.6 17.9 4.9 2.2 20.8 12.9 16.9 0.5 0 0
NOTTS:  
Lowdham 62.1 114 15.7 15 0 0 3 1 0 * * 25.1 17.7 17.5 7.5 4.7 21.9 13.1 17.5 0.8 0 0
Eastwood 68.0 133 25.0 10 0 0 2 0 0 * * 25.0 17.7 18.6 8.0 * 22.7 14.3 18.5 1.5 0 *
LINCS:  
Louth 104.5 200 31.2 18 0 0 3 * 0 * * 24.0 17.7 16.6 8.9 7.2 22.0 13.2 17.6 1.5 0 0
LEICS:  
Desford 103.8 176 18.0 20 0 0 0 0 0 * * 23.8 17.0 16.5 6.7 * 21.1 12.1 16.6 0.2 0 *
Mountsorrel 87.2 148 15.4 20 0 0 2 1 1 100.4 56 23.6 17.7 17.4 7.5 * 20.5 13.4 17.0 0.6 0 *
Loughborough 101.4 160 16.5 19 0 0 1 1 0 * * 24.0 19.0 17.0 9.0 * 21.4 13.0 17.2 0.3 0 *
Cosby 61.1 103 9.4 19 0 0 1 1 1 105.6 61 24.4 16.6 16.8 6.6 4.4 20.9 12.5 16.7 0.3 0 0
NORTHANTS:  
Pitsford Hall 86.0 177 24.7 19 0 0 0 1 0 131.6 78 24.5 17.0 15.0 8.6 * 20.2 12.8 16.5 0.1 0 *
WARWICKS:  
Bablake 105.2 159 21.6 20 0 0 1 0 0 111.8 60 23.6 15.7 17.7 8.0 2.9 20.3 13.1 16.7 0.1 0 0
CAMBS:  
Ely 53.1 106 10.6 19 15 0 2 2 0 * * 25.0 17.2 16.3 9.2 7.5 21.6 13.2 17.4 0.4 0 0
   
MEAN DATA 85.5 148 18.1 18 1 0 2 1 0 108.1 61 23.9 17.2 17.2 7.8 4.7 20.9 13.0 16.9 0.5 0 0
E Mids   
1971-2000 Aug 56.5 178.8 16.3  
   
      Notes: 1.   * = data not available   2.  'Average' refers to each station's 1971-2000 means
OBSERVERS' NOTES
Rosliston: Considerably more rainfall than in August 2007
Mickleover: Mean surface pressure 1009.3 was lowest on my August records
Louth: Highest daily rainfall total for August since 1996
Mountsorrel: Dullest August in Leicestershire since 1986
Cosby: Thick fog (100m) 0600GMT 0n 31st
Middleton: The dullest summer month since sunshine records began 1981
Wirksworth: The mean cloud cover at 0900 was the highest on record for August
Desford: Day maximums were very disappointing